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' J. R. BROWNE.

BOTTLE OR SIMILAR VESSEL.

No. 473,379. PatentedrApr. 19, 1892.

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Arnim* JAMES ROBERT BROVNE, OF LONDON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO RICHARD ROBERT HUNT AND JAMES MARSHALL UPFILL, OF SAME PLACE, AND

lVALTE-R JAMES HUNT, OF VELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND.

BOTTLE OR SIMILAR VESSEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 473,379, dated April 19, 1892. Application tiled February 2,1892. Serial No. 420,081- (No model.) Patented in England February 24, 1891. No. 3,380.

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, JAMES ROBERT BRoWNE, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Haymarket, London, England, have invented new auduseful Improvements in Bottles or Similar Vessels, (patentedl in Great'Britain, No. 3,380, February 24, 1891,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that type of bottles or similar vessels for holding liquids which and in this condition placed. on the market,

provision being made for iilling the bottle at its bottom portion and then sealing the filling-oriice.

To accomplish this object my invention consists in the features of construction and the combination or arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a bottle constructed in accordance-with my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view of the top portion of the bottle, showing the valve and valve-protector in position for discharging the liquid. Fig. 3 is a det-ail side elevation of the valve and valve-protector. Fig. 4

is a top plan view of the protector. Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the same. Fig. 6 is a A bottom plan View of the valve. Fig. 7 is a '10 is a top plan view of the same.

sectionalview of the protector. Fig. 8 is a sectional view of the valve. Fig. 9 is a detail side elevation of the plug for closing the lling-orifice in the bottom of the bottle. Fig. Fig. 1l is a detaill sectional view showing a modiiication of the invention. Fig. 12 is a similar view showing another modication. Fig. 13

is a similar view of another modification. Fig. 14 is a detail sectional view of the lower portion of the bottle. Fig. 15 is a similar view showing a'modified constructio'not` the plug for closing the filling-orifice, and Figs. 16 and 17 are similar views showing other modiications ot the plug for closing the fillingorifice.

In order to enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now describe the same in detail, referring to the drawings, wherein- The letter A indicates a valve-seat formed by contracting the internal surface of the bottlc-neck.

C indicates thevalve, and B the valve-protector. The valve C is adapted to accurately lit the valve-seat for closing the bottle and is formed at its periphery with notches C', so

that when the valve is open or away from its valve-seat the liquid can be discharged from the bottle. The valve-protector B is formed with notches B in its periphery and is retained in position by an Vannular contraction B2ot` the bottle-neck. j The bottom wall of the bottle is formed with a hollow projection J, containing a filling-orifice D and adapted to receive a plug E, so that after the bottle is lilled through the iilling-orifice D the liquid is confined within the bottle by inserting the plugE into the hollow projection J. The plug E is preferably constructed with radial pins F, adapted to fit corresponding recesses in the hollow projection J for locking the plug in position. Thebottle is filled by corking its neck in theusual manner and then inverting the bottle and introducing the liquid through the illing-orice D, after which the plug E, coated with a suitable cement, is inserted into the hollow projection J, where it is firmly and securely held by the setting of the cement in such manner that it is difcult or inconvenient to remove the plug.

By the construction described and shown the valve and valve-protector can be inserted into the neck of the bottle and the latter in this condition can be placed on the market, as the tilling-oriiice and plugi at the bottom portion of the bottle provide means for filling the same independent of the bottle-neck.

The valve -protector B is designed to be rigidly secured to the valve C by inserting a projection B3 on the protector into a recess C2 in the valve, Figs. 7 and 8. In the ineditication Fig. 11, however, the protector B is a separate part secured Within the neck of t-he bottle and the valve Cis in the form of a bell. In the modification Fig. 12 the protector B is formed with or attached to the valve C and is provided with channels BV1 for the passage of theliquid when the valve is open 0r moved from its seat. In the modification Fig. 13 the protector B is formed by inwardly-extending portions of the bottle-neck. 1n the modification Fig. 14E the plug E is substantially the same as described with reference to Fig. 1, except that the form of the plug is slightly changed. In the modification Fig. 15 the plug is provided with an annulargroove containing a ring E to engagea corresponding recess in the hollow projection J. In the mo'diication Fig. 1G the plug is screw-threaded to engage a corresponding screw-thread in the hollow projection, and in the modification Fig. 17 the hollow projection and filling-orifice are contiguous to the vertical wall of the bottle or vessel instead of beiugfornned integral at the center of the bottom wall, as in other figures.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A bottle having a valve C and a valveprotector B, located wholly within its neck, a filling-orifice D in its bottom portion for fill ing the bottle While the neck and protector are in position, and a plug E, sealed in posi tion to close the filling-orifice after the bottle is filled, substantially as described.

2. A bottle having a valve C and a valveprotector 13, located wholly inside its neck, a hollow projection J in its bottom portion, provided with a filling-orifice D, and a plug E, secured in the hollow projection to close the filling-orifice after the bottle is filled, substantially as described.

3. A bottle having its interior formed integral with a contraction to constitute a valveseat, a valve seating on the valve-seat, avalveprotector connected to and moving with the valve and located wholly inside the bottleneck above th'e valve, a filling-orifice in the bottom portion for filling the bottle, and a plug E, secured in position to close the fillingoriiice after the bottle is filled, substantially as described.

et. A bottle having a valve C in its neck, a protector B, located Wholly inside the bottleneck and rigidly connected with the valve to move therewith as it opens and closes, a filling-orifice D in the bottom portion for filling the bottle while the valve and protector are in the bottle-neck, and a plug E, secured in position to close the filling-orifice after the bottle is filled, substantially as described.

5. A bottle having its neck formed with lower and upper contractions A and B2, a valve C, seating on the lower contraction, a valve-protector B, located above the valve and retained in the bottle-neck by the upper contraction, a hollow projection J, with a fillingorice D, and a plug E, secured in the hollow projection to close the filling-orifice after the bottle is filled, substantially as described.

JAMES ROBERT BROIVNE. iVitnesses:

RICHARD Cova GARDNER, Patent Agent, 106 Fleet Street, London.

XVALTER E. ROCHE, Notary/s Clerk, El Gfrccecmrch Street, Londen. 

